NYT Strands Answer Today (#945) – 4 Oct 2026 Solution & Hints
- About Today’s Strands
- Today’s Theme
- General Hints
- Spangram Length
- Spangram Orientation
- Spangram First & Last Letters
- First & Last Letters of All Words
- Spangram (Click to Reveal)
- Spangram Definition (Click to Reveal)
- Sample Words (Click to Reveal)
- Full Solution (Click to Reveal)
- Definitions of All Words (Click to Reveal)
About Today’s Strands
Puzzle #945 (published October 4, 2026). One special word — the Spangram — spans the grid and ties the theme together.
Today’s Theme
Theme: Grab your tokens
General Hints
- Think back to venues lit up with flashing cabinets and the clatter of coins dropping into a slot.
- Every answer here is a title you might have fed quarters into decades ago to keep the fun going.
- These are early interactive entertainment hits, long before anything came pre-loaded on a home console.
Spangram Length
The Spangram has 11 letters and is one word.
Spangram Orientation
The Spangram runs in a non-straight path, winding from the lower-left area of the grid toward the upper-right.
Spangram First & Last Letters
Begins with A and ends with S.
Pattern preview (length-obscured): A___S
Note: We always display first/last letters as X___Y with three underscores, regardless of true length.
First & Last Letters of All Words
- WORD 1: P___G
- WORD 2: F___R
- WORD 3: A___S
- WORD 4: C___E
- WORD 5: S___E
Spangram preview: A___S
Spangram
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ARCADEGAMES
Spangram Definition
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ARCADEGAMES — Coin-operated machines found in dedicated venues, offering short, score-chasing play sessions..
Example: “We spent our Saturday afternoon at the pier, feeding quarters into every machine in the arcadegames hall.”
Sample Words
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- PONG
- ASTEROIDS
Full Solution
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Theme: Grab your tokens
Spangram: ARCADEGAMES
All words:
- PONG
- FROGGER
- ASTEROIDS
- CENTIPEDE
- SCRAMBLE
- ARCADEGAMES (Spangram)
Definitions of All Words
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- PONG — An early video game that simulated table tennis with two paddles and a bouncing square ball.
- FROGGER — A video game where the player guides an amphibian across a busy road and river without getting squashed.
- ASTEROIDS — A space-themed video game where the player pilots a ship and blasts apart drifting rocky debris.
- CENTIPEDE — A video game where the player fends off a long, segmented bug as it winds down through a mushroom field.
- SCRAMBLE — A side-scrolling video game where the player pilots a craft over terrain, dodging obstacles and fuel shortages.
- ARCADEGAMES — Coin-operated machines found in dedicated venues, offering short, score-chasing play sessions.
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